Pioneer DEH 80PRS vs Pioneer DEX-P99RS

[thatguy 10+ year member]

lol at mp3s.

 

[thatguy 10+ year member]

After I saw the SD expansion slot I was sold on this HU. I love my p980bt its a great sounding HU that looks nice too but I refuse to iAnything so my mp3 collections were limited to 700mb CDs.
I pre-ordered the 80prs from abt.com for 350$ and I cant wait to throw almost my whole music collection on a 32gb SD card. Hopefully they will support more than 64gb cards so there wont be any point to a hdd or ssd.

you obviously don't care about SQ. 32GB doesn't even cover 1/4 of my collection but then i don't listen to MP3's.

PIONEER WE NEED FLAC SUPPORT GOD DAMIT!

 

[hotcress 10+ year member]

I've always ran premier/pioneer heads. Tried an alpine once cost over 500 had bass machine or whatever it was called, etc. live with it for less than a week and returned it. Absolutely hated it. Just didn't sound good to me at all no matter what I did.

 

[Why So Cereal? 5,000+ posts]

I'm wondering if the fact that I can run active fronts AND delayed rears is worth the extra coin for the p99.....

 

[The_Grimy_One 10+ year member]

I'm wondering if the fact that I can run active fronts AND delayed rears is worth the extra coin for the p99.....

I would not purchase it for that reason... but most decks with time alignment can do that. Just fade to the front when you rolling, and then fade center when people are with you //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

As for the FLAC people, that wont be supported for a while, but many tests have been done that show you get minimal to no sound enhancement, especially in a car audio environment, unless you are pure SQ with like a 3 or 4 way front, etc. But if it is really that serious to you, the Pioneer 99 plays AAC Lossless, the next best thing //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Why So Cereal? 5,000+ posts]

I would not purchase it for that reason... but most decks with time alignment can do that. Just fade to the front when you rolling, and then fade center when people are with you //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif
As for the FLAC people, that wont be supported for a while, but many tests have been done that show you get minimal to no sound enhancement, especially in a car audio environment, unless you are pure SQ with like a 3 or 4 way front, etc. But if it is really that serious to you, the Pioneer 99 plays AAC Lossless, the next best thing //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

I wont have rears period if I go 80prs. I'm running active fronts and subs and wont have enough RCA outs...unless I use the RCA outs from my amps but I still can't delay tht way.

 

[The_Grimy_One 10+ year member]

I wont have rears period if I go 80prs. I'm running active fronts and subs and wont have enough RCA outs...unless I use the RCA outs from my amps but I still can't delay tht way.

That makes sense... Welp Fukc the rears.

 

[Why So Cereal? 5,000+ posts]

Well, after having installed the old 880, in my car, I encourage anyone to get the 80PRS as it did help my staging and gave me more EQ control. However, I have also concluded that the 99RS will probably never be in my car as I can't really seem to justify the price difference in the two and the 80PRS has enough tuning capabilities for most anyone and even too much for some people.

But these are just my opinions/observations.....

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

I should have spent the extra 150 for the 80, but I didnt, yet I am still content with the 9400BH.

 

[mylows10 5,000+ posts]

ok guys got the skinny on these 2 decks.the dex99 prs can only be bought new from cruthfield,and the deh p80prs will be shipping out at the end of the month

 

[mylows10 5,000+ posts]

new update ,i will have 2 of the 80prs decks when i come back from finals,both for sale too.

 

[nismos14 5,000+ posts]

Could have had the 80prs for 299.99 from J&R.

 

[mylows10 5,000+ posts]

thats cheap ,almost too cheap ,but they dont have them yet ,no one does

 

[nismos14 5,000+ posts]

That's correct, they are pre-orders. They are apparently going to be shipping in the next 2-3 days.

 

[mylows10 5,000+ posts]

on the 24th is what im told from my pioneer rep,once shipped price goes up tho